The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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... Give me the thing to say , " said once a self - confident youth , solicited to pay attention to his elocution ... gives him readiest and surest access to the minds of his fellow - men , for sympathy and mutual benefit , for intellectual ...
... Give me the thing to say , " said once a self - confident youth , solicited to pay attention to his elocution ... gives him readiest and surest access to the minds of his fellow - men , for sympathy and mutual benefit , for intellectual ...
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... give the hand an easy slope ; all ges- tures made in zig - zag instead of flowing and curving lines , with no free ... gives out little water or much . Freedom , as an appropriate feature of manner in declama- tion , manifests itself in ...
... give the hand an easy slope ; all ges- tures made in zig - zag instead of flowing and curving lines , with no free ... gives out little water or much . Freedom , as an appropriate feature of manner in declama- tion , manifests itself in ...
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... give it smoothness . " The poet is allowed to be rapt , sometimes , in the ecstacy of his inspiration ; but the orator is expected ever to remain master of himself , that he may be master of his audi- ence ; and , even in his most ...
... give it smoothness . " The poet is allowed to be rapt , sometimes , in the ecstacy of his inspiration ; but the orator is expected ever to remain master of himself , that he may be master of his audi- ence ; and , even in his most ...
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... gives a mechanical air to every motion of gesture . The distance at which the feet should be placed , is regulated by the requirements of firmness of support and freedom of ac- tion . By a posture too wide , freedom becomes negligence ...
... gives a mechanical air to every motion of gesture . The distance at which the feet should be placed , is regulated by the requirements of firmness of support and freedom of ac- tion . By a posture too wide , freedom becomes negligence ...
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... gives pliancy and flexibility Fig to the whole frame , and enables the speaker to address his whole audience — not merely the hearers immediately in front of him , but those , also , as easily , who are seated on his right and on his ...
... gives pliancy and flexibility Fig to the whole frame , and enables the speaker to address his whole audience — not merely the hearers immediately in front of him , but those , also , as easily , who are seated on his right and on his ...
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